TUESDAY, continued


9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Paper No. 11: Advanced Plasma Coating of Wax Injection Moulds-Eliminating Release Agents from the Investment Casting Process Dr.-Ing. Dirk Lehmhus,


Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials


10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Coffee Break


10:20 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Paper No. 12: Implementing Best Practices 7 Reducing Process Costs For Refractory Use in Investment Casting & Alloy Production Foundries Phil Geers, Blasch Precision Ceramics Booth 316


11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. Paper No. 13: The Effect of Firing Temperature & Time on Silica Based Investment Shells Strength Mingzhi Xu,


Georgia Southern University


11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Paper No. 14: Rapid, Low Cost Tooling for Small Engine Castings Dan Sokol, Renaissance Services – PERFECT – 3D Booth 318


12:20 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH 1:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.


1:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.


Paper No. 15: Pattern Cleaning Mark Oles, Pine Tree Castings


Paper No. 16: Investment Castings with Unique Levitation Melting Technology FastCast Dr. Sergejs Spitans ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH


2:00 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.


Paper No. 17: Steel Performance Initiative (SPI) and Digital Innovative Design (DID) Raymond Monroe, Steel Founders’ Society of America


2:20 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.


Paper No. 18: AM4IC Report Out Gerard Thiel,


University of Northern Iowa


3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EXPOSITION 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. EVENING RECEPTION


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9:40 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. Paper No. 20 Tensile Bar Castings Mark White


IMPRO Industries USA


10:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Closing Remarks and Adjournment Joseph Fritz


ICI Executive Director


10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Facility Tours to Paramelt & Cannon Muskegon (Pandemic Permitting) 10:45 a.m. Report to Hotel Lobby for Bus Departure 3:00 p.m. Return to Hotel


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.


Keynote Address: Awareness Brings Change Shayla Rivera – Keynote Speaker


Paper No. 19: Enhancing Porosity & Permeability of Ceramic Shells For Investment Casting through Pre-wetting Noel O’Sullivan, University of Limerick


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